Savannah, Georgia in popular culture

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The city of Savannah, Georgia, the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, is referenced frequently in popular culture. What follows is a list of Savannah, Georgia in popular culture and includes works of literature, music, film, and television. All entries are presumed to be notable because they have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.^[A]

Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia.^[1] It is known as America's first planned city and attracts millions of visitors who enjoy the city's architecture and historic buildings: the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America), the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (one of the South's first public museums), the First African Baptist Church (one of the oldest black Baptist congregations in the United States), Temple Mickve Israel (the third oldest synagogue in America), and the Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse complex (the oldest standing antebellum rail facility in America). ^[1][2] Today, Savannah's downtown area is one of the largest National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States (designated by the federal government in 1966).^{[B] [1]}

Contents 1 Savannah in literature 1.1 Nonfiction works 2 Savannah in television 3 Savannah in film 4 Notes 5 References

[edit] Savannah in literature

[edit] Nonfiction works

The 1994 nonfiction novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (known to locals as "The Book") is set in Savannah, and in 1997 was made into a film, directed by Clint Eastwood.

Savannah resident N.Y.W. Peacocke has completed two books of a trilogy that deal with the war of independence in Georgia, and particularly Savannah. Savannah Spell (ISBN 1-898030-51-0) and Mirror My Soul (ISBN 1-898030-61-8) weave a love triangle around the events of the Revolution in Georgia and Carolina.

E.L. Doctorow's historical novel, The March (ISBN 0375506713), is about Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's 1864 scorched-earth campaign in which he marched 60,000 troops southeastward from Atlanta to Savannah and then northward into the Carolinas during the American Civil War (1861-65).

Chris Fuhrman authored the book The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, which depicted his life as a Catholic schoolboy growing up in Savannah and attending a local parochial school. Fuhrman actually attended Blessed Sacrament School in Savannah and graduated in 1974. He was also a graduate of the University of Georgia in Athens, where his book was published. Fuhrman died in 1990 of cancer at the age of 30.

Fifth-generation Savannahian Murray Silver is the author of Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis (Morrow, 1981), adapted to the big screen by Orion in 1989 and starring Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder. Silver is also the author of the bestselling Behind the Moss Curtain and Other Great Savannah Stories (Bonaventure, 2002), now in its sixth printing and also the subject of a new motion picture. His latest book, When Elvis Meets the Dalai Lama (Bonaventure, 2005), is a collection of the author's favorite stories about starting out as a rock concert promoter and eventually becoming an assistant to the Dalai Lama.

Also the book Delerium of the Brave written by Dr. William C. Harris about the Benedictine Military School and Savannah.

[edit] Savannah in television

The following is based on a list assembled by the Savannah Film Commission [1], as well as the IMDb [2]

Year	Title	Network (for TV)	Notes	Reference
2007	Southern Haunts	PBS	Season 1, Episode 3 (entitled "Ghosts of the Low Country" was filmed in Savannah and hosted by Murray Silver. It originally aired on March 16, 2007 (2007-03-16)	[3]
2007	Southern Haunts	PBS	Season 1, Episode 4 (entitled "Ghosts of Savannah" was filmed in Savannah. It originally aired on June 01, 2007 (2007-06-01)	[4]
2005	The Colbert Report	Comedy Central	District 1 was the first featured in "Better Know a District" segment.
1996	Savannah			[5]
1994	Scarlett			[6]
1989	The Rose and the Jackal			[7]
1989	My Father, My Son			[8]
1987	Pals			[9]
1983	Solomon Northup's Odyssey			[10]
1981	All My Children	ABC		[11]
1980	East of Eden
1980	When the Circus Came to Town	CBS
1979	The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd			[12]
1976	Roots: The Next Generations	ABC		[13]
1979	Orphan Train			[14]
1976	Roots	ABC	twelve-hour mini-series which aired from 23-30 January 1977	[15][16]
1974	F. Scott Fitzgerald and "The Last of the Belles" (1974)			[17]

[edit] Savannah in film

The following is based on a list assembled by the Savannah Film Commission [3], as well as the IMDb [4]

Year	Title	Notes	Reference
2005	Boogeyman		[18]
2005	Red Thread		[19]
2005	Snap		[20]
2004	95 Miles to Go		[21]
2004	Damn Good Dog	A profile of University of Georgia mascot Uga	[22]
2003	Undertow		[23]
2000	Meeting Daddy		[24]
2000	The Gift		[25]
1999	The Legend of Bagger Vance		[26]
1998	Claudine's Return	starring Christina Applegate, it was released as Kiss of Fire on DVD	[27]
1998	Forces of Nature		[28]
1998	The General's Daughter	Portions were filmed on the campus of Savannah State University	[29]
1997	The Dinner		[30]
1997	The Gingerbread Man		[31]
1997	Kiss of Fire	starring Christina Applegate, it was originally released as Claudine's Return	[32]
1997	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil		[33]
1996	White Squall		[34]
1996	Wild America		[35]
1995	Something to Talk About		[36]
1994	Now and Then		[37]
1993	Camilla		[38]
1993	Forrest Gump		[39]
1991	Flight of the Intruder		[40]
1991	Cape Fear		[41]
1990	Love Crimes		[42]
1989	Glory		[43]
1989	The Judas Project		[44]
1989	The Return of Swamp Thing		[45]
1981	Tales of Ordinary Madness		[46]
1981	There Was a Little Girl		[47]
1980	City of the Living Dead
1980	Mother Seton
1980	The Slayer		[48]
1980	White Death
1979	Carny		[49]
1979	Gold Bug
1979	Hopscotch		[50]
1978	The Double McGuffin		[51]
1977	The Lincoln Conspiracy		[52]
1976	The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings		[53]
1975	Distance		[54]
1975	Gator		[55]
1974	The Longest Yard		[56]
1962	Cape Fear		[57]

[edit] Notes

A.^{^} Notability for inclusion in this listing is based upon the standards outlined in Wikipedia:Notability.

B.^{^} Savannah had 24 original squares. Today 21 are still in existence.

[edit] References

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